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Patronus Charm · 03-31-2008, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by milloy112

it is really annoying when they open stuff like that away from the place were most of the fans are going to be because maybe people dont want to spend up to £5000 to go to florida with 5 people because that is how much a ticket is from here but a ticket from florida over here for 5 is £3500 (i did alot of research before posting

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SERIOUSLY!!!! You come from UK and a $20 meal here would mean 8 sterling to you!! The exchange rate is horrible for americans to go abroad, but Brits, Scots and Welsh are totally raking in .... my job is connected to the real estate market and the #s of Brits actually buying vacation homes because they are spending about 125,000 pounds on a house that costs us over 270,000 dollars. So every dollar you spend on merchandise in a harry potter theme park is like spending 40 pence. And many Brits dont know this, but Sanford Florida is 40 mins north of Orlando and they have international daily flights from London and Manchester because of all the british influx into central florida. Flying into sanford on a charter flight is so much cheaper than a standard commercial flight into orlando, florida. If this theme park were to be in England, i would be over there yearly, not a problem. Would be so worth it...at least i hope!!

03-31-2008, 03:40 PM	#41 (permalink)
Patronus Charm Doxy Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 6,438	My Cherie Amour Quote: Originally Posted by milloy112 it is really annoying when they open stuff like that away from the place were most of the fans are going to be because maybe people dont want to spend up to £5000 to go to florida with 5 people because that is how much a ticket is from here but a ticket from florida over here for 5 is £3500 (i did alot of research before posting) SERIOUSLY!!!! You come from UK and a $20 meal here would mean 8 sterling to you!! The exchange rate is horrible for americans to go abroad, but Brits, Scots and Welsh are totally raking in .... my job is connected to the real estate market and the #s of Brits actually buying vacation homes because they are spending about 125,000 pounds on a house that costs us over 270,000 dollars. So every dollar you spend on merchandise in a harry potter theme park is like spending 40 pence. And many Brits dont know this, but Sanford Florida is 40 mins north of Orlando and they have international daily flights from London and Manchester because of all the british influx into central florida. Flying into sanford on a charter flight is so much cheaper than a standard commercial flight into orlando, florida. If this theme park were to be in England, i would be over there yearly, not a problem. Would be so worth it...at least i hope!!